Scholars believe that these factors make it easy for various interests, including politicians, to manipulate ethnic identities to keep the conflict going. It is an old explanation, and it is a seductive explanation, in many respects. I argue that it is not sufficient as a basis to understand what is taking place, or on which to base policy.
Cette explication de longue date, séduisante à bien des égards, ne suffit pas, à mon avis, à expliquer ce qui se passe ou à justifier une politique.